CHAPTER 378
HB 143 - FINAL VERSION
01/03/2018 0028s
2018 SESSION
17-0134
04/09
HOUSE BILL 143
AN ACT relative to recommittal of a prisoner by the parole board.
SPONSORS: Rep. Sytek, Rock. 8
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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This bill authorizes the parole board to impose a term of recommittal of less than 90 days for a prisoner who enters and successfully completes a residential substance abuse treatment program deemed acceptable by the board.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01/03/2018 0028s 17-0134
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to recommittal of a prisoner by the parole board.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
378:1 New Paragraph; Parole of Prisoners. Amend RSA 651-A:19 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:
VIII. Notwithstanding paragraph I or subparagraphs VII(a) or (d), the parole board may impose a term of recommittal of less than 90 days for a prisoner who enters and successfully completes a residential substance abuse treatment program deemed acceptable by the board.
378:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
VETOED: March 30, 2018 | Veto Overridden 9/13/18
Effective Date: September 13, 2018